Collaboration platforms are a gateway for ransomware attacks.

Guest Gil Friedrich from Avanan joins Dave to discuss how collaboration platforms, like Microsoft Teams, Slack and others, opened up a new gateway to ransomware attacks, Joe's story comes from listener Matt shared as a COTD candidate that's a phishing scam, Dave's got a story about China and Russia trying to turn your employees into spies, and our Catch of the Day comes from a listener named Iain with a timely story "from" Afghanistan. Links to stories:

Guarding Against the Chinese Domain Name Email Scam

The FBI’s warning to Silicon Valley: China and Russia are trying to turn your employees into spies

Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at hackinghumans@thecyberwire.com or hit us up on Twitter. Note: Microsoft is a sponsor of the CyberWire, however, we cover them as we would any other company.